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1182096

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Import Controls: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What support he is providing to help businesses in Scotland prepare for the introduction of import controls on EU goods from 2021.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	901054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>We are working with the Scottish Government to ensure businesses can take full advantage of the new opportunities presented in January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided over £130 million to the Scottish Government in EU exit allocations, and through HMRC’s customs grant scheme, £34 million has been made available to UK businesses to support trader readiness.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 03/03/2020 15:00:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1182102

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the rate of reduction in UK emissions.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	901064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>In the UK we have shown it is possible to achieve economic growth while reducing emissions. Since 1990, we have cut our emissions by 43%, while growing our economy by more than three quarters - decarbonising faster than any other G20 country.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2017 and 2018 alone, we reduced emissions in the power sector by 6.6%.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 03/03/2020 15:01:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1182260

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes are off grid.
tabling member constituency	Thurrock
tabling member printed	Jackie Doyle-Price
uin	24334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>Four million homes in Great Britain were estimated to be without mains gas in 2018; fourteen percent of all homes. These are the latest figures available.</p><p> </p><p>Reference: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/03/2020 16:55:22 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price

1182262

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure compatibility of smart meters between providers.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	24367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are now installing second generation smart (SMETS2) meters, which are connected to the national smart metering communications network run by the Data Communications Company (DCC) from the point of installation, so are already compatible between suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>First generation smart (SMETS1) meters are being moved onto the DCC’s network so that consumers regain and keep smart services if they switch supplier. Meters are being enrolled remotely, without consumers needing to take any action. Priority is being given to those which have temporarily lost smart functionality.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/03/2020 16:10:59 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1182379

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Courier Services: Environmental Impact Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent environmental impact assessment his Department has made of the growth of the courier industry.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	24393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>BEIS publishes statistics annually on UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions. Latest statistics show, total greenhouse gas emissions from road transport were estimated to be 112.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2018. It is not possible to separate out courier road transport emissions from other road transport emissions based on the statistics.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/03/2020 16:55:28 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1182386

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what international leaders he plans to meet as part of preparations for the UN Conference of the Parties in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	24284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The successful delivery of COP26 will require widespread diplomatic engagement with our international partners at all levels. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, along with the Prime Minister and Cabinet colleagues, will meet a number of international leaders at key moments throughout the year in order to encourage greater climate ambition and achieve an ambitious, shared outcome at COP26.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/03/2020 15:19:17 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1182390

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the Northern Ireland Executive in reaching its net zero carbon emissions targets.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	24453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department engage regularly with counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on a wide range of issues relating to climate change and emissions reduction. We are committed to collaborative engagement in support of the UK’s net zero target and interim carbon budgets, including through regular Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Quad meetings.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the independent Committee on Climate Change published a report in February 2019 advising on how Northern Ireland can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet UK-wide emissions reduction targets between now and 2030 ('Reducing emissions in Northern Ireland').</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/03/2020 15:19:28 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1182391

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Supply: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Northern Ireland has security of energy supply.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	24454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a devolved matter under the responsibility for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to electricity, the Single Electricity Market (SEM) is an example of North-South cooperation that has benefited consumers and the economies of Northern Ireland and Ireland and supports the stability of energy supply on the island of Ireland. The Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement provides the basis for the SEM to continue after January 2021. Within the SEM, the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism helps ensure that generation capacity is sufficient to meet demand. The Moyle Interconnector, linking electricity markets in Northern Ireland and Great Britain, also strengthens Northern Ireland’s security of supply, and the proposed North-South Interconnector between Ireland and Northern Ireland will further enhance this.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to gas, the UK gas market is one of the world’s most developed and provides security from highly diverse and flexible sources of gas supply. Over the past 10 years, analysis undertaken by the UK Government and others has delivered a consistent message: the gas system is secure in the face of all but the most extreme and unlikely shocks.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/03/2020 15:19:34 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1181717

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Heating: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's plans are for decarbonising heating systems in existing residential properties.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	23417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is planning to publish a Heat and Building Strategy later this year, which will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings, including existing residential properties. These include the deployment of energy efficiency measures and low carbon heating as part of an ambitious programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions on how we achieve the mass transition to low-carbon heat. We are developing policies to deliver low carbon heating in the 2020s and put us on the pathway to delivering net zero by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 15:57:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1181718

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Heating: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's plans are for decarbonising heating systems in existing commercial properties.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	23418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is planning to publish a Heat and Building Strategy later this year, which will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings, including existing commercial properties. These include the deployment of energy efficiency measures and low carbon heating as part of an ambitious programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions on how we achieve the mass transition to low-carbon heat. We are developing policies to deliver low carbon heating in the 2020s and put us on the pathway to delivering net zero by 2050. We are spending £2.8bn under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) between 2018 and 2021 to encourage the deployment of low carbon heating in homes and businesses. The Non-domestic RHI scheme has been open to commercial, industrial, public sector, not for profit and community generators of renewable heat since November 2011.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/03/2020 13:45:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont